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Working Paper File Downloads Abstract Views
Last month 3 months 12 months Total Last month 3 months 12 months Total
A Nation of Immigrants: Assimilation and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 1 60 0 0 4 280
Automated Linking of Historical Data 0 0 2 58 3 3 12 153
Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migration and Racial Wage Convergence in the North, 1940-1970 0 0 1 48 0 0 14 296
Computerized Machine Tools and the Transformation of US Manufacturing 0 0 0 51 1 3 10 83
Cultural Assimilation during the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 5 115 3 7 22 403
Demography and Population Loss from Central Cities, 1950-2000 0 0 1 20 1 1 2 134
Does Condominium Development Lead to Gentrification? 0 0 1 28 1 3 7 84
Enclaves and Assimilation in the Age of Mass Migration: Evidence from Ethnic Catholic Churches 0 0 30 30 2 6 36 36
Escape from the City? The Role of Race, Income, and Local Public Goods in Post-War Suburbanization 0 0 0 36 0 0 0 154
Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 1 23 0 0 5 254
Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 1 91 0 1 8 545
Finding John Smith: Using Extra Information for Historical Record Linkage 25 25 25 25 12 15 15 15
Have the Poor Always Been Less Likely to Migrate? Evidence From Inheritance Practices During the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 0 112 1 2 4 230
Immigration in American Economic History 0 0 0 203 1 2 16 686
Income Inequality and Local Government in the United States, 1970-2000 0 1 1 58 0 2 3 271
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in 15 Destination Countries 1 1 10 10 5 8 14 14
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in the US over Two Centuries 0 0 2 146 0 1 7 335
Intergenerational Mobility over Two Centuries 0 1 29 29 1 3 31 31
JOB DECENTRALIZATION AND RESIDENTIAL LOCATION 0 1 3 52 0 2 5 175
Law-Abiding Immigrants: The Incarceration Gap Between Immigrants and the US-born, 1870–2020 0 0 1 36 0 1 6 29
Leaving the Enclave: Historical Evidence on Immigrant Mobility from the Industrial Removal Office 0 1 2 19 0 2 14 164
New Data and Insights in Regional and Urban Economics 1 2 3 3 2 9 13 13
Race, Segregation, and Postal Employment: New Evidence on Spatial Mismatch 0 0 0 54 0 0 1 344
Racial Differences in Health in Long-Run Perspective: A Brief Introduction 0 0 0 65 0 1 1 78
Racial Residential Segregation in American Cities 0 0 0 65 3 3 11 316
School Desegregation and Urban Change: Evidence from City Boundaries 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 118
The Effect of Immigration on Local Labor Markets: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure 0 2 4 49 1 7 19 181
The Effect of Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets: American Cities During the Great Depression 0 0 0 177 0 1 5 1,826
The Effect of Natural Disasters on Economic Activity in US Counties: A Century of Data 0 0 1 176 0 1 9 455
The Effects of Immigration on the Economy: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure 0 0 3 119 0 2 19 228
The Effects of Immigration on the Economy: Lessons from the 1920s Border Closure 0 0 0 23 0 3 9 71
The Intergenerational Effects of a Large Wealth Shock: White Southerners After the Civil War 0 0 1 70 0 1 13 217
The Origins and Persistence of Black-White Differences in Women's Labor Force Participation 0 0 1 86 0 0 3 121
The Refugee Advantage: English-Language Attainment in the Early Twentieth Century 0 0 0 11 2 2 2 23
The intergenerational effects of a large wealth shock: White southerners after the Civil War 0 0 0 44 1 3 7 110
To the New World and Back Again: Return Migrants in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 2 78 0 2 6 91
Urbanization in the United States, 1800-2000 0 1 3 240 2 3 18 386
Variation in Women’s Success Across PhD Programs in Economics 0 0 0 33 0 1 3 74
WHITE SUBURBANIZATION AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN HOME OWNERSHIP, 1940-1980 0 0 0 5 0 1 2 150
Was Postwar Suburbanization "White Flight"? Evidence from the Black Migration 0 0 0 153 1 1 1 1,279
White Flight from Asian Immigration: Evidence from California Public Schools 0 0 0 9 0 1 2 41
White Suburbanization and African-American Home Ownership, 1940-1980 0 0 0 27 0 0 1 169
Total Working Papers 27 35 134 2,754 43 104 380 10,663


Journal Article File Downloads Abstract Views
Last month 3 months 12 months Total Last month 3 months 12 months Total
A Nation of Immigrants: Assimilation and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 2 5 132 0 7 25 616
A silver lining to white flight? White suburbanization and African–American homeownership, 1940–1980 1 1 2 74 1 3 8 460
African American Urban History Since World War II. Edited by Kenneth L. Kuzmer and Joe W. Trotter. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009. Pp. v, 536 0 0 0 12 0 1 1 126
Automated Linking of Historical Data 0 0 2 20 0 4 12 109
Black Migration, White Flight: The Effect of Black Migration on Northern Cities and Labor Markets 0 0 0 54 0 0 0 183
Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migration and Racial Wage Convergence in the North, 1940–1970 0 0 5 48 0 1 12 238
Discrimination and the Returns to Cultural Assimilation in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 1 17 0 0 4 58
Do Immigrants Assimilate More Slowly Today Than in the Past? 0 0 0 24 0 0 2 98
Europe's Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration 0 0 4 268 2 4 13 919
Have the poor always been less likely to migrate? Evidence from inheritance practices during the age of mass migration 0 0 1 70 2 5 17 513
Immigration in American Economic History 0 0 2 81 0 3 23 381
Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants in the United States over Two Centuries 0 0 2 154 0 1 13 389
Local public goods and the demand for high-income municipalities 0 0 1 51 0 2 6 239
Moving to Higher Ground: Migration Response to Natural Disasters in the Early Twentieth Century 1 1 7 159 4 4 18 955
Not Just Black and White: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity in the United States. Edited by Nancy Foner and George M. Fredrickson. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2004. Pp. ix, 390. $45.00 0 0 0 27 0 0 1 134
Population Trends as a Counterweight to Central City Decline, 1950–2000 0 0 1 13 0 1 3 69
School Desegregation and Urban Change: Evidence from City Boundaries 0 0 1 40 0 1 5 278
The Effect of Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets:American Cities during the Great Depression 0 3 4 296 1 4 13 1,274
The Effect of Rising Income Inequality on Taxation and Public Expenditures: Evidence from U.S. Municipalities and School Districts, 1970–2000 0 1 10 78 0 1 22 294
The Intergenerational Effects of a Large Wealth Shock: White Southerners after the Civil War 0 1 2 37 0 3 13 171
The New Suburban History. Edited by Kevin M. Kruse and Thomas J. Sugrue. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006. Pp. 289. $24, paper 0 0 0 24 0 1 2 141
The effect of natural disasters on economic activity in US counties: A century of data 0 0 9 87 1 4 43 309
To the New World and Back Again: Return Migrants in the Age of Mass Migration 0 1 2 5 2 4 11 78
Variation in Women's Success across PhD Programs in Economics 0 0 0 20 0 2 4 130
Was Postwar Suburbanization "White Flight"? Evidence from the Black Migration 1 2 7 150 3 7 36 785
Total Journal Articles 3 12 68 1,941 16 63 307 8,947


Book File Downloads Abstract Views
Last month 3 months 12 months Total Last month 3 months 12 months Total
Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migrants in Northern Cities and Labor Markets 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 111
Human Capital in History: The American Record 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 262
The Economic History of American Inequality: New Evidence and Perspectives 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 3
Total Books 0 0 0 0 3 5 22 376


Chapter File Downloads Abstract Views
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Black Migration from the South in Historical Context 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 23
Black Migration, White Flight 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18
Competition in Northern Labor Markets 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 24
Epilogue: Black Migration, Northern Cities, and Labor Markets after 1970 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8
Front matter, table of contents, acknowledgements 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 16
Indexes 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 16
Introduction to "Competition in the Promised Land: Black Migrants in Northern Cities and Labor Markets" 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 23
Introduction to "Human Capital in History: The American Record" 0 0 0 24 0 1 1 145
Introduction to "The Economic History of American Inequality: New Evidence and Perspectives" 0 1 4 6 0 2 15 35
Motivations for White Flight: The Role of Fiscal/Political Interactions 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 22
The Origin and Persistence of Black-White Differences in Women's Labor Force Participation 0 0 2 20 0 0 5 109
The Political Fallout of Machine Tool Automation in the Mid-20th Century United States 0 1 2 4 1 5 11 27
Who Left the South and How Did They Fare? 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13
Total Chapters 0 2 8 61 2 11 50 479


Statistics updated 2025-09-05